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'''Bromophenol blue''' (BPB) is most commonly used as an [[agarose gel electrophoresis]] size marker. In a 1% gel it runs at around 500bp but the higher % of the gel the lower it will run. Despite its larger molecular weight of 670g/mol it runs faster than [[Xylene cyanol]] because of | '''Bromophenol blue''' (BPB) is most commonly used as an [[agarose gel electrophoresis]] size marker. In a 1% gel it runs at around 500bp but the higher % of the gel the lower it will run. Despite its larger molecular weight of 670g/mol it runs faster than [[Xylene cyanol]] (539g/mol) because of its larger negative charge (hydyroxyl groups). | ||
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Revision as of 08:18, 5 May 2009
Bromophenol blue (BPB) is most commonly used as an agarose gel electrophoresis size marker. In a 1% gel it runs at around 500bp but the higher % of the gel the lower it will run. Despite its larger molecular weight of 670g/mol it runs faster than Xylene cyanol (539g/mol) because of its larger negative charge (hydyroxyl groups).
See also
- agarose gel loading buffer
- agarose gel electrophoresis
- Xylene cyanol - slower than BPB
- Cresol Red - slower than BPB
